“An empathetic connection to a single being,” Carter Ratcliff writes about the art of Jan Harrison, “
| “An empathetic connection to a single being,” Carter Ratcliff writes about the art of Jan Harrison, “withers unless we weave it into a network of further connections with myriad beings.” In Harrison’s work, the “network of further connections with myriad beings” refers to the animal realm, which makes the phrase even more resonant at the end of this unforeseen, unfathomable week. The fragile interdependence linking individuals, communities, and the rest of nature — whether it will be strengthened or undermined — is an elemental subtext of the political season, and a key to a more open, sane, and egalitarian future.– Thomas Micchelli, Co-Editor, Hyperallergic Weekend | |
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| An Abstract Painter Defines a Space of His Own In his clashing compositions and use of artificial colors and materials, Odita generates something very different from artists associated with geometric abstraction and Minimalism. John Yau |
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| Justine Kurland’s Female Utopia In Girl Pictures, the photographer presents a seductive fantasy of a world in which being a young woman is not cause for fear but a source of boundless freedom. Kate Silzer |
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| Jan Harrison’s Dream Animals To respond to an animal in Harrison’s imagined world is to grasp how closely its existence is linked with that of all the others. Carter Ratcliff |
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| Required Reading This week, the story of New York librarian Anne Carroll Moore, the disaster facing NYC restaurants, the rise of anti-Asian bias in the US, the story of a census worker, Uyghur poetry, and more. Hrag Vartanian |
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